Kintaro shows us how she looks now after losing 100 pounds (45kg)

Kintaro, best known for doing impressions of AKB48-era Maeda Atsuko, imitation of Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46 and many more. But she is also known as a competitive ballroom dancer. Around 2007, despite being selected as a representative for Japan for ballroom dancing at the London World Congress, the family business suffered when her father suffered from an illness. She suffered a hernia on her neck and decided to give up being a ballroom dancer.

She worked as a clerk for a real estate company and decided that she wanted to get into comedy, where she became famous for her celebrity impressions but decided to try ballroom dancing once again and in 2019, she and her partner advanced to the semifinals and finished 8th in the world ranking. She decided to retire from ballroom dancing.

Kintaro has posted her latest weight transformation photo on her blog.

In 2016, Kintaro wrote that she was up 59kg and gained a lot of weight.

But as she is representing Japan for the Ballroom World Championships, she decided to lose weight and has lost 100 pounds. Reduced her body fat percentage from 30% to 15%.

Kintaro said she challenged herself in 2017-2018 and has struggled with weightloss in the past two years. But she worked hard to achieve her current body.

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